A man has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge days after a shooting in downtown St. Petersburg.
Officers responded just before 3 a.m. on May 25 to the area of 1st Avenue North and Beach Drive Northeast, where they found 29-year-old Peter-Austin Afentakis shot. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
Investigators say the suspect, later identified as Jacob Carreras, 25, shot at Afentakis during a verbal argument that night.
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St. Pete police had a warrant out for Carreras’ arrest, and the U.S. Marshals Service took him into custody in Hillsborough County. He will be extradited to Pinellas County to face charges.
An investigation is ongoing.